Jason Kidd on his way to coach Bucks pending compensation for Nets

According to a published report, Nets coach Jason Kidd went to ownership with several demands, including one in which he asked to oversee the team’s basketball operations -- in addition to his coaching responsibilities. The report said that Kidd did not want general manager Billy King out, but that Kidd wanted a higher ranking role than King.

Jason Kidd’s tumultuous run as Nets coach is almost certainly over after his relationship with the team’s ownership crumbled spectacularly in recent days.

The problem arose when Kidd demanded more power — particularly, a title above that of general manager Billy King. To say that did not sit well with ownership, led by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, would be a massive understatement.

A Yahoo! Sports report, citing a source, encapsulated the mood after Kidd — who just completed his first season as a coach — breathtakingly overplayed his hand: “The Russians are done with Kidd.”

According to several reports, the Milwaukee Bucks have offered Kidd their coaching job — despite still having a coach in Larry Drew.

The Nets and Bucks are in negotiations for compensation: Brooklyn wants a first-round pick, but Milwaukee is offering a second-round one. The situation is expected to be resolved by today. Kidd is under contract with the Nets for three more seasons, which seemingly would give them leverage in negotiations.

Kidd has not been offered, and did not seek, a front-office role with the Bucks. It was his insistence on such a role in Brooklyn that caused a fatal break in his relationship with ownership.

Reports have linked former Memphis coach Lionel Hollins, ex-Denver coach George Karl and former Golden State coach Mark Jackson to the soon-to-be-open Nets job.

Just Thursday, Kidd was onstage with King as the Nets unveiled the location of their future practice facility in Brooklyn. At the event, Irina Pavlova — who runs Onexim Sports & Entertainment, the Prokhorov holding company that owns the Nets — thanked Kidd and expressed confidence in him as a leader going forward.

But things disintegrated quickly, because the next day, Kidd interviewed with the Bucks in New York after getting permission to do so from the Nets.

It would be another messy end for Kidd, who demanded a trade on his way out of New Jersey as a player in 2008, and upset Mavericks owner Mark Cuban when he abruptly left the franchise for the Knicks in 2012 after verbally committing to stay in Dallas.

The Nets hired Kidd about a year ago, only weeks after his retirement. They stuck with him through a disastrous start to the season: Kidd demoted lead assistant Lawrence Frank only a month and a half into the season after begging ownership to bring him in for $1 million per year; Kidd was fined $50,000 for intentionally spilling soda on the court in a failed attempt to gain a competitive advantage; and the team started 10-21, despite having a league-high payroll approaching $200 million.

Kidd did recover, leading the Nets to one of the best records in the NBA after Jan. 1, and earning two Eastern Conference Coach of the Month honors. The Nets finished 44-38 and made it to the second round of the playoffs, where they fell to Miami.

Ownership seemed pleased, until Kidd — reportedly bothered by first-time head coaches Steve Kerr (Golden State) and Derek Fisher (Knicks) getting more lucrative deals than him — overplayed his first season-success into a mandate that ownership refused to cash in.

The Nets’ head job has been anything but stable. A new coach would be Brooklyn’s fourth in the last 19 months: Avery Johnson was fired in December 2012, interim coach P.J. Carlesimo was not retained, and Kidd was hired in June 2013.

Kidd’s imminent departure also could hurt the Nets when free agency begins at midnight tonight. The Nets won’t be able to sell stability or continuity. Also, two of the team’s primary free-agent targets — Paul Pierce and Shaun Livingston — are represented by Jeff Schwartz, who also happens to be Kidd’s agent.

It’s also unclear if Kidd’s imminent departure will change the mind of Kevin Garnett. Just Thursday, Kidd said that the 38-year-old Garnett was working out with the intention of returning for his 20th season in the league. But it’s uncertain how Garnett would fit into the plans of a new coach.